UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira
The poster for UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	August 29, 2009
Venue	Rose Garden
City	Portland,Oregon
Attendance	16,088[1]
Total gate	$1,920,000[1]
Buyrate	435,000[2]
Event chronology
UFC 101: Declaration UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard

UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira was amixed martial artspay-per-view event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on August 29, 2009, at theRose Garden inPortland, Oregon.^[3] It featured former five-timeUFC champion andUFC Hall of FamerRandy Couture, facing off against formerPRIDE FC Heavyweight Champion and formerInterim UFC Heavyweight Champion,Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.

Randy Couture was originally offered a title defense against Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira atUFC 81, however turned the fight down after his resignation from the UFC in October 2007.^[4] While Couture and the UFC sorted out their legal issues,^[5] Nogueira defeatedTim Sylvia for theInterim UFC Heavyweight Championship becoming the first fighter to hold bothPRIDE and UFC title belts.^[6] Nogueira was then set to coach againstFrank Mir on theeighth season ofThe Ultimate Fighter with the two facing off for the Interim Championship after the season aired.^[7]

Eventually Couture and the UFC reconciled and it was announced that he would return to the Octagon to defend his title againstBrock Lesnar atUFC 91.^[8] Neither Couture or Nogueira were successful in their defense efforts and then faced each other in what amounted to a "losers bracket" of the UFC's mini heavyweight tournament.^[9][10][11]

A previously announced bout betweenKyle Kingsbury and Razak Al-Hassan was moved toUFC 104 inLos Angeles, California on October 24, 2009.^[12]Matt Hamill pulled out of a bout withBrandon Vera due to injury.Krzysztof Soszynski took his place.^[13]

A knee injury forcedJames Irvin out of his bout withWilson Gouveia. He was replaced byEd Herman.^[14] On August 7, 2009 it was reported that Gouveia was also off the card due to a back injury.^[15]Marcus Aurélio replaced an injuredMatt Veach.^[16]

This was the UFC's first event in Oregon.

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The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses.^[18]

• Fight of the Night: Randy Couture vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
• Knockout of the Night: Nate Marquardt
• Submission of the Night: Jake Rosholt

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to theOregon State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC.^[19]

• Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira: ($400,000 includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Randy Couture: ($250,000)
• Thiago Silva: ($58,000 includes $29,000 win bonus) def. Keith Jardine: ($55,000)
• Jake Rosholt: ($26,000 includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Chris Leben: ($30,000)
• Nate Marquardt: ($80,000 includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Demian Maia ($28,000)
• Brandon Vera: ($70,000 includes $35,000 win bonus) def. Krzystzof Soszynski: ($8,000)
• Aaron Simpson: ($18,000 includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Ed Herman: ($24,000)
• Gabriel Gonzaga: ($120,000 includes $60,000 win bonus) def. Chris Tuchscherer: ($10,000)
• Mike Russow: ($20,000 includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Justin McCully: ($15,000)
• Todd Duffee: ($10,000 includes $5,000 win bonus) def. Tim Hague: ($7,000)
• Mark Muñoz: ($24,000 includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Nick Catone: ($5,000)
• Evan Dunham: ($14,000 includes $7,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Aurélio: ($13,000)

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